Melbourne controversy – As the city of Melbourne is blighted by a drought the organisers of the Grand Prix pledge to use drinking water sparingly in the preparation of the circuit. In its early years at Albert Park the Australian Grand Prix was repeatedly the target of environmental protesters.

F1’s Prodrive names commercial director – Prodrive take their first steps towards the 2008 grid with the signing of former CEO of Haymarket (publishers of Autosport and F1 Racing among others) Tony Schulp.

Renault launch F1-inspired Clio – Another F1 derivative model from Renault – but this one doesn’t even add more power to the standard Clio Renaultsport 197.

Big plans afoot for digital F1 magazine – Spyker owner Michele Mol is apparently planning a tri-lingual F1 title to be printed after each Grand Prix – could this be his response to Red Bull’s Red Bulletin?